Review:
This is basically a "holiday special" book. We're done with the previous book's war and are now in a peaceful, contemplative, rebuilding phase, in which Feyre gets to angst about all the people who didn't survive and the friends and family they left behind. Maas remembers that Feyre likes to paint (although I realized that she's never specified what kind of paint Feyre uses - I assume acrylics?), there's some fretting over Winter Solstice gift buying, and we get updates on both Nesta (who's doing terribly) and Elain (who's doing ok, although her almost-marriage and Lucien are still sore spots).
There are tiny hints of what might be going on in the next book, but overall, this really could have and should have been an anthology of short stories, or a bonus story at the end of the previous book. I'm guessing Maas isn't really comfortable writing short stories, though.
Overall, this was ok for what it was, but it didn't feel like a truly necessary entry in the series.
I continue to be reminded of Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy. At some point, I need to reread those books and see if they're actually better than these or if it's just nostalgia coloring my memories.
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